LALALAR *live
Gretchen, Berlin
This night happened — Thu 28 May
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Who was billed2 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.
Who they are
“Ipek Ipekcioglu creates an extraordinary warm, dynamic and organic interpretation of electronic music, melted with the melodramatic sound of Anatolia and the Middle East.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Ipek Ipekcioglu creates an extraordinary warm, dynamic and organic interpretation of electronic music, melted with the melodramatic sound of Anatolia and the Middle East. Queer DJ Ipek has developed herself into an exclusive Berlin export article, visiting festivals and clubs all over the world: New York, the desert Sahara of Mali, Salvador de Bahia, Stockholm, Marseille, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Novosibirsk, St.Petersburg, Glasgow, Cairo, Sana’a or Shanghai . She has toured in Japan and has made exclusive tours throughout China. Psychedelic turkish funk meets disco, balkanfolk meets house, kurdish halay meets electro, turkish tango meets break beat, arabsound meets trap, Albanian music meets twerk, iranian folk meets techno. Ipek Ipekcioglu released at Katermukke, Epic Istanbul - a division of Sony Music, Trikont, Majör Müzik, Doublemoon, Reveller, Kybele and Souq records. She received a German Record Critics' Award and she was named as a musical and political "visionary" by the Süddeutsche Zeitung. She was a winner at the World Beat DJ Competition at Electrowerk in London and cited as a representative for “ideologically blinker-free living” by Rolling Stone Magazine. The Berliner Label Katermukke released Uyan Uyan, which was for several months the most successful track of the Katermukke at Beatport-Charts. She recently released Bir cift Turna at Epic Istanbul, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Her latest remix of Omerar Nandas Huma Kusu was released at the Berlin label Kybele Records. The Canadian Souq Records released her latest Iranian Techno track “Dame Sobh feat. Hany Mojtahedy”Their RA profile lists Monika Enterprise, Epic Records, 3000° Records, Katermukke and 2 more.Last at Klunkerkranich in Apr · often with R-Zou, Angel Calysta Sun (Vietnam/Deutschland), Asia James, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- R-Zou2 with DJ Ipek
- ▆ Performances1 with DJ Ipek
- Angel Calysta Sun (Vietnam/Deutschland)1 with DJ Ipek
- Asia James1 with DJ Ipek
- BrownSugarBiscuit (Singapore)1 with DJ Ipek
- ECE EKREN1 with DJ Ipek
- Ipek Ipekcioglu1 with DJ Ipek
- Kekik (Türkiye)1 with DJ Ipek
44 said they were going — much busier than a usual Thursday at Gretchen.
how this compares
- Median final count, Thursdays at Gretchen18
- Middle half finished between9 and 37
- Past Thursdays at this venue counted28
The room
Gretchen — 236 events and 654 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Most-tagged here: Jazz (27), Electronica (23), Bass (6), Funk / Soul (6) and Hip-Hop (6). genre tags on this room’s listings
Who put it on
Good Day Berlin Kultur und Veranstaltungen GmbH — 215 events and 550 artists since Aug 2025.